Will California’s billionaire tax proposal make it to ballots? Despite more than double the needed number of signatures to qualify for ballot, there’s uncertainty it’ll make it to voters The Guardian - US · Jun 23
California’s billionaires pour cash into elections as big tech seeks new allies As Gavin Newsom departs, ultra-wealthy flex wealth and influence to fight regulation and keep the boom going The Guardian - US · Feb 15
Gavin Newsom’s podcast has featured Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk. Is this the way to the White House? The surprise move by California’s Democratic governor is either ‘gutsy’ or ‘insane’, but each episode makes headlines The Guardian - US · Mar 20, 2025
East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee kicks off U.S. Senate campaign in Oakland SAN JOSE, Calif. — East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee kicked off her U.S. Senate campaign Saturday before a few hundred supporters filling the risers and basketball hardwood at Laney College’s gymnasium in her hometown of Oakland — formally launching her bid for the seat Sen. Dianne Feinstein has held for… Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2023
'I feel duped': Inside the fast-food industry's push to dismantle a new California labor law Susan Bushnell was in a hurry when a man, clipboard in hand, approached her outside a Walmart Supercenter in Vista, California, one afternoon last September. Los Angeles Times · Feb 3, 2023
A once-in-a-generation political fight is heating up in California for this seat SAN JOSE, Calif. — A once-in-a-generation political battle is heating up in California as candidates begin to spar over Dianne Feinstein’s coveted Senate seat, promising reverberations that will shake up everything from representation in the U.S. House to local Bay Area elections. Tribune News Service · Jan 17, 2023
Gavin Newsom feels pressure to show results for California in second term SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Donald Trump often denied that he watched CNN, but Gavin Newsom readily admits he's a regular Fox News viewer. Los Angeles Times · Nov 15, 2022
Bet on it: Sports gambling effort in California is not over The effort to legalize sports betting in California ran headlong into a typical challenge for competing ballot measures as they were battered by negative advertising that doomed both to spectacular failure in the most expensive ballot race in U.S. history The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022
After being tested and singed by fire as California's governor, Newsom seeks another term SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Four years ago, Gavin Newsom delivered an election-night acceptance speech that promised to make California "a place of opportunity, safety and affordability for everyone," ending a gubernatorial campaign stuffed with audacious policy goals. Los Angeles Times · Nov 5, 2022